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  • But the second half of the century gave planet-wide traction to rock, disco, rap, and hip-hop in the hugely influential realm of American pop music, which diffused catchy melodies, irresistible rhythms, and an endless supply of singable lyrics in English.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • But the second half of the century gave planet-wide traction to rock, disco, rap, and hip-hop in the hugely influential realm of American pop music, which diffused catchy melodies, irresistible rhythms, and an endless supply of singable lyrics in English.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Some of the 19 characteristics these Cultural Creatives relate to are: preservation of nature, a strong awareness of planet-wide issues, spirituality as an important aspect of life, maintaining loving relationships, intense interest in spiritual and psychological development, and wanting to be involved with creating a new and better way of life.

    Stacey Nemour: Join Eckhart Tolle, Jim Carrey and John Raatz in Raising Consciousness Through Entertainment, Media and the Arts Stacey Nemour 2012

  • For example, 700 million years ago Earth underwent a planet-wide deep freeze, with ice covering the oceans from the poles to the equator.

    The Real End of the World 2011

  • You are a loyal member of the planet-wide super megacolony.

    Livia Llewellyn › Blog archives 2010

  • Some of the 19 characteristics these Cultural Creatives relate to are: preservation of nature, a strong awareness of planet-wide issues, spirituality as an important aspect of life, maintaining loving relationships, intense interest in spiritual and psychological development, and wanting to be involved with creating a new and better way of life.

    Stacey Nemour: Join Eckhart Tolle, Jim Carrey and John Raatz in Raising Consciousness Through Entertainment, Media and the Arts Stacey Nemour 2012

  • There's also an International Barcode of Life project assembling DNA barcodes for all multi-cellular organisms. cientists intend to use such libraries to study biodiversity on a planet-wide level, just as different types of meteorological data are pooled to predict weather.

    Marine Census Shows Vast Diversity of Sea Life Gautam Naik 2010

  • I don't think you realise that we are actually in the beginning stages of a severe planet-wide climate emergency.

    The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . Phil Daoust 2010

  • Fisheries, oil reserves, fresh water and soil are among key assets now facing planet-wide depletion.

    Britain is growing greener at the expense of the rest of the world Tony Juniper 2010

  • But while he describes himself as an avowed environmentalist, his latest book – Whole Earth Discipline – is controversial among greens, suggesting civilisation will be saved from global warming by densely populated cities, nuclear energy, genetically modified food and planet-wide geoengineering.

    Stewart Brand: My plan B for climate change Damian Carrington 2010

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